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B. BERNINGHAUS.

BARBER/S CHAIR.

No. 270,572. Patented Jan.16, 1883.'

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rTEn STATES EUGENE BERNINGHAUS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

BARBERS CHAIR.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,572, dated January 16, 1883.

' Application tiled July 18, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, EUGENE BERNINGHAUS, of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Barber Chairs, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective elevation of the improved chair with the seat removed. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the revolving seat i'rame. Fig. 3 is a vertical-sectional view of the revolving seat base and the frame. Fig. 4 is a cross vertical section of the chair-frame and revolving seat base; Fig. 5, an enlarged top or plan view of the spring and foot-lever, partly in section. V

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved barber-chair; and it consists in having a frame provided with a fiat top in which is a circular aperture. Upon this top is placed a base-piece, which lies flat, and is provided with gibs on the under side to hold it to the chair-top. The ends of the basepiece have standards, which are hinged to the chair-seat, and a foot-lever is also hinged to the under side of the chair-seat and projects downward within the circular aperture of the frame-top, and is provided with notches or teeth, which engage with the rim of the circular top. The base-piece has centrally a down wardly-projecting limb, from which two arms project backwardly, so as to permit the notched lever to operate between said arms, a coiled spring being interposed between the downwardly-projecting limb of the base-piece and the notched lever to keep the latter in position against the inner rim of the circular top.

It further consists in providing the ends of the revolving seat base with forwardly-projecting extensions, to which are hinged the upper ends of the arms, attached to the-foot board or rest, all of which will now be described in detail.

1n the accompanying drawings, Arepresents the legs of a chair having a flat top, B, which is provided with a recess or central circular aperture, 0. On this top is a cross-piece, D, having midway a forwardly-projecting piece,

E, and at the ends two forward extensions, F

F, as shown. On the under side of the main cross-piece and the central forwardly-projecting piece E are gibs G, which serve to hold the piece I) E to the top B, but at the same time permit it to turn on the top. To the forwardly-projecting end pieces, F, are hinged the arms H, which are rigidly secured to the foot board or rest I. The foot-board has casters or rollers J, so that as the cross-piece D rotates on the top the foot-piece I will also be carried around. The cross-piece D has also projecting upward from each end the vertical standards K, which are hinged to the brackets L. The chair-seat (notshown) rests on these brackets, the latter being secured thereto by screws or bolts through the brackets. The seat, when thus secured, may be tilted backward and forward on these standards. The cross -piece D, with its forwardly-projecting limbs E F, and the standards K, are preferably cast in one piece. On the rear side of the cross-piece D, centrally, is a depending or downwardly-projecting limb, M, having at its lower end two rearwardly-projecting horizontal prongs or arms, N. These arms carry a cross-head, O, which is provided on the rear side with two lugs or spurs, P, between which the foot-lever operates. A coiled spring, Q, is interposed between the cross-head O and depending limb M, so that the force of the said spring will keep the lever B against the inner rim of the top B. The foot-lever R is preferably slightly bent, and provided on its rear edge with notches S. This lever rests against the cross-head 0, between the spurs P, and is hinged at its upper end to the bracket T, which bracket is in turn permanently secured to the under side of the chair-seat, in common with thebrackets L,heretofore described. The tendency of the coiled spring Q is to keep the notches on the rear side of the lever B securely in the rim of the top B, and at the same time to prevent the cross-piece D from moving rearwardly. The cross-piece D and its accessories are therefore rotated together on the top B.

When it is desired to tilt the chair-seat backward or forward the foot of the operator is placed on the rest at the lower'end ot' the lever R and pushed forwardly. This releases the teeth from the inner rim of the top B, when the seat is tilted in the desired direction and the foot withdrawn from the lever, when the notches S will again hold it in position.

Having described myinvention, what I claim 1s- 1. In barber-chairs, the top B, provided with a circular opening, (1, in combination with the cross-piece I), having the forwardly-projecting armsE F, the standards K, carrying the seat, the depending limb M, having the rearwardlyprojecting arms N, cross-head 0, spring Q, and the notched lever It, also hinged to the seat at the upper end, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The flat top B, having a circular aperture, to which the seat is secured so that it may be revolved thereon, and the lever for tilting the chair, hinged to the seat and depending therefrom within the circular aperture, substantially as herein specified.

3. In barber-chairs, the foot-rest hinged to the revolving base, to which the seat is hinged, so that the said footpiece may be raised or lowered or rotated with the seat, substantially as herein set forth.

4. In barber-chairs, the cross-piece D, having the depending limb M and its accessories, as shown, the notched lever It, the standards K, and brackets L T, hinged thereto, carrying the seat, the forwardly-projecting arm E, and the gibs G, in combination with the hinged foot-rest I, substantially as herein shown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, this 30th day of June, 1882, in the presence of witnesses.

EUGENE BERNINGHAUS.

\Vitnesses:

J. S. ZERBE, O. J. BAILEY. 

